"One Less Mouth To Feed" - Peter Alsop Well Livvy, lately life's been lousy And I know that you're upset But life won't get no better If you can't learn to forget Cryin' won't bring John-Boy back, He's out there on his own And I hope that he is happy, And I hope he don't come home, . . Chorus 'Cause that's one less mouth to feed One less mouth to feed When your bluebird of happiness Eats a poisen seed Just look on the bright side, That's one less mouth to feed! Accidents will happen It's sad the way things change Mary Ellen fell into the well And the water's tasting strange Ben burned with the chicked coop And ruined all the eggs And Grandpa's headed toward the lake With his moustache all ablaze, . . Chorus When the apple of your eye Has a worm you didn't need Jim-Bob sank in the river Tryin' t'catch a frog Lis'beth ate the dog's food And got eaten by the dog Erin's joined a convent, Jason's guzzlin' gin Grandma hitchiked to the city To live a life of sin, . . Chorus When your bunny with the lucky feet Gets flattened in the street And now you say you're leavin' me To find a better life I hope Ike Godsey loves you I hope he don't leave me his wife The sun is shining somewhere This house is cold as stone And I miss you so my darling, . . But it's great to be alone!! Chorus When your milk-cow of contentment Falls asleep in the stampede When your flower of life Gets mowed down with the weeds When you little lamb of innocence Gets terminal V.D. Written by Peter Alsop, ©1979, Moose School Music (BMI)
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